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Outlander
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#89 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...

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Yennifer
Apr 25, 2020 rated it it was ok
I was really enjoying this book but couldn’t give it a good rating because of all the sexual abuse and coercion, even from the love interest. It just turned me away from the book.
Nina


The biggest mystery for me is why this book was in the literature section rather than the romance section and why it had such an innocuous cover rather than sporting a be-kilted studmuffin clenching a scantily-clad wench. Don't get me wrong, bodice-rippers are one of my favorite guilty pleasures and this is a pretty good one, with time-travel, a handsome rogue in a kilt, lots of boinking, and some plot elements that are rather unusual in romance novels (no spoilers). Still, it would probably be
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Michelle
Nov 27, 2010 rated it really liked it
Okay, don't hate me, but this book wasn't all that amazing. It was good, but not stellar. For an 850 page book, the pace moved pretty well, and the story was good, but the book just didn't grip me, make me stay up all night reading, etc. I blame Jamie. He seemed like a whiner, and I got tired of hearing about how much he got beat up. I mean, this is a Scottish clansman. Man up already! I will continue with the series though. ...more
Dee
Jul 23, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Loved this book.
Rachel
Feb 16, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Summer
Jun 21, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Aurelia
Jul 11, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: books-i-own, romance
Tam Linsey
Sep 26, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: keeper-shelf
Diandra Knutson
Feb 10, 2013 marked it as to-read
Shelves: my-nook
Kevin Xu
Aug 27, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Brenda H
Apr 21, 2014 rated it really liked it
Melanie Bee
Jul 31, 2014 rated it liked it
Victoria
Aug 23, 2014 marked it as dnf
Nick Chase
Sep 16, 2014 rated it liked it
Aryanna
Nov 10, 2014 rated it it was amazing
tobes
Mar 31, 2015 marked it as start-again-later  ·  review of another edition
Jeffrey Vincent
May 18, 2015 marked it as on-hold
Lisa Cyr
Oct 01, 2015 rated it really liked it
Jon
Sep 17, 2016 marked it as to-read
Phil
Feb 03, 2017 rated it liked it
Carmen Orellana
Jun 13, 2018 marked it as to-read
Amy Verkruissen
Oct 01, 2020 rated it it was amazing
Jen
Jun 14, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Tania
Feb 07, 2022 rated it it was amazing